Improvement in cotton-planters



0. H. TROUT.

Cotton-Planters.

N0.155,903. Patentgd Oct. 13,1874.

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OLIVER H. TROUT, OF HONEY GROVE, TEXAs.

IMPROVEMENT IN COTTON-PLANTERS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. [55,903, dated October 13, 1874; application filed July 25, 1874.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, OLIVER H. TROUT, of Honey Grove, in the county of Fannin and State of Texas, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Cotton-Planter, of which the following is a specification:

The invention relates to the construction and arrangement of means for adjusting the furrowopener, as hereinafter described.

Figure l is a side view of the planter, part being in section. Fig. 2 is a top view of the planter.

A represents the wheels, B the axle, O the frame, D the tongue, E the hopper, and Gthe spout. F is a toothed feed-shaft H, the toothed stirrer-shaft, carrying, respectively, frictionwheels I J, which receive motion from the friction-wheel K on the hub of the wheel A. The shaft F is journaled at one end in the lower end of the lever L, so that by operating the said lever the friction-wheel I may be thrown into and out of gear with the Wheels J K, as desired. M is a catch-plate for looking the lever L upon a'notohed plate, N. The covering-block S is connected to the frame (3 by rods T, and may be raised off the ground by lever V and rod U. W is a catch for the lever V. X is the drivers seat.

I do not claim the claim the construction or combination of the parts above described.

0 is the opening-plow, which is attached to the lower end of the standard P, the upper end of which has a tenon formed upon it, which is inserted and pivoted in a slot in the rear end of the tongue D. The draft-strain upon the standard P is sustained by the brace-bar Q, the lower end of whichis secured to the standard P. The brace-bar Q is curved and passes through a slot in thetougue D, and has a number of holes formed through its upper part to receive a pin which rests upon the upper side of the tongue D. It is a lever, which is pivoted in a recess in the tongue D. The lower end of the lever B is forked, to receive the upper part of the brace-bar Q, so that its forks may be beneath the pin which passes through said brace-bar. The free end of the lever R projects upward and forward, and is bent to one side to form a rest for the drivers foot, so that the driver, from his seat, can operate the lever B with his foot to raise the opening-plow from the ground, for convenience in passing obstructions, turning, &c.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent The combination, with the pivoted furrowopener standard P and curved brace-bar Q, of the elbow-shaped foot-lever R, pivoted at its angles, said parts being applied to the tongue I), as shown and described, for the purpose specified.

OLIVER H. TROUT.

Witnesses L. BRYANT, GEO. A. DAILEY. 

